Looking for something more
Family Photo 1961
Is death the only thing
That pulls this family
Together?
Death and old photos?
Moments interrupted by
Years of absence…. Read the rest of this entry »
Telling the Truth
connecting the dots of my life
Category: Haiku/Poetry
May 14, 2015
May 11, 2015
Early Marriage | Haiku and Poem
Last December I published a longer version of this post. The portion below covers the period of time I’m writing about, our first year of marriage. Directly across the street from our apartment was an auto body shop open 24 hours a day. That’s because wrecks happen 24/7. Read the rest of this entry »
May 9, 2015
out for a look-see
out for a look-see
fledgling eyes take in the world
blue-robed male scans sky
(click to enlarge)
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Last week D and I hiked in the Longwood Meadow Garden. While we were at a distance from this bird house, we heard a huge racket Read the rest of this entry »
May 7, 2015
Shifting Generations | A Poem
Fallen Beech, Longwood Meadow Beech Forest
When my mother died in 1999 I felt the first shock of shifting generations. She was the first in my immediate family to go. Since then Read the rest of this entry »
May 5, 2015
two poems of celebration
#1
songs of praise
transposed into
slow drumming
mass movements
in minor key
become laments Read the rest of this entry »
April 29, 2015
Early Marriage | Part 4
~~~First Apartment Entrance
Fall 1965. Time to write about sex! I have a full-time job at the Harvard Law School, and we’re attending Park Street Church. But what’s happening at home?
Here’s what I’m not Read the rest of this entry »
April 26, 2015
An Importunate Woman | Memories
St. Mark’s Coptic Cathedral, Alexandria, Egypt
In January 2010, D and I visited St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria, Egypt. The poem below is about an unexpected event while we were there.
That evening, Read the rest of this entry »
Telling the Truth 